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Be a Marine Mammal Hero

Hungry pups like elephant seal Davey are pouring through our doors. Yes, we are in the swing of pupping season, and that’s why your help is urgently needed.

What if I told you there’s a simple way you can have double the impact for good?

Today, your gift will help provide what a pup like Davey needs: double the fish meals to regain his strength for a second chance at life. How? Because your gift will be matched dollar-for-dollar up to $5,000 when you give by Sunday, June 1.

Double my impact!
Elephant seal pup, Davey
Bob Figlock

Bob Figlock, MPA

Volunteer Engagement Senior Manager

Bob Figlock leads The Marine Mammal Center’s efforts to engage more than 1,400 volunteers across more than 600 miles of California coastline and the Big Island of Hawaiʻi. He oversees volunteer recruitment, onboarding, training, conflict management and data systems.

Prior to joining the Center, Bob worked as Human Resources/Technology Manager at HandsOn Bay Area, developing volunteering programs and opportunities for thousands of volunteers from Google, Salesforce, Kaiser Permanente, Genentech, SAP, Levi’s, GAP, Charles Schwab and many other organizations. He also worked as a Peace Corps Volunteer Leader and Volunteer for more than three years in Mongolia.

Bob holds a master’s degree in Public Administration from the Evans School of Public Policy and Governance at the University of Washington. He also has a bachelor’s degree with a double-major in International Relations and Spanish from the University of California, Davis, and spent a year studying abroad at Spain’s premier social science university, taking all classes in Spanish.

Bob likes food, animals, travel, reading, playing the piano, yoga and long walks.


Areas of Expertise

  • Volunteer Management
  • Learning and Development
  • Internal Communications
  • Mediation
  • Event Planning
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